Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 11:21:57 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CFD: "bogomips" CPU performance metric Message-ID: <199909021821.LAA25224@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:11:43 EDT." <19990902141143.A21431@homer.louisville.edu>
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><Description of BogoMIPS deleted> >> >> Would anyone scream and projectile-vomit if I added this to identcpu.c? >> > >I might. :-) Why exactly, except to keep up with the Linux kidz, do we need >this? I recognize that this is solely a cosmetic change, but one of the >things I hold over the heads of the Linux folks I deal with is the fact that >FreeBSD is a professional quality operating system which doesn't need useless >blinking lights like BogoMIPS. > >Chalk me up as one of the people who considers "Linux works like that" as a >negative. I'm with you on this, Keith. I'd rather that we kept the professional FreeBSD look and feel. If we look too much like Linux, then people will just use Linux. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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